September 5th, 2010
Southern Utah University creates demo forest The Associated Press Updated Sep 5, 2010 11:28AM MDT Cedar City • Southern Utah University has a new outdoor classroom. The school and the state are combining to create a demonstration forest where students, natural resources professionals and the public can learn about forest care. The plan includes more than 2,000 acres of SUU property, which the …
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September 4th, 2010
NFL: Players with Utah ties could break out By Kyle Goon The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 4, 2010 09:06PM MDT Before the 2009 NFL season, Austin Collie was a fourth-round pick out of BYU who had set a couple of school records. Even though he was among the best receivers in the country, he wasn’t a well-known name outside Utah. As Darrius Heyward-Bey, Michael Crabtree and Jeremy Maclin had first …
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September 4th, 2010
Utah’s Latinos have no movie theater of their own By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 4, 2010 10:13PM MDT Utah has food markets, restaurants and radio stations that cater to the state’s growing Latino population — but no movie theaters. And in Salt Lake County, where 16.6 percent of the more than 1 million residents are of Latino origin, some would like to see a movie theater that …
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September 4th, 2010
Updated Sep 4, 2010 11:14PM MDT Utah’s Department of Agriculture and Food collected 52,994 pounds of unwanted pesticides during this year’s popular collection campaign. The agency reported gathering a record 26 tons at sites statewide that accepted the unused and unwanted material from May 1 to June 14. The program saved citizens disposal fees and ensured potentially harmful chemicals were not …
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September 4th, 2010
Utah doctor’s license suspended in Maryland after failed abortion By KASEY JONES The Associated Press Updated Sep 4, 2010 03:02PM MDT Baltimore • Maryland health officials have ordered two doctors, one who lives in Utah, to stop performing abortions after a woman was critically injured during a procedure last month. The Maryland Board of Physicians ordered Dr. Steven Brigham to stop practicing …
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September 4th, 2010
Utah second worst at enrolling kids in Medicaid, CHIP By kirsten stewart The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 4, 2010 12:35AM MDT Utah has the country’s second-lowest participation rate in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, a persistent problem propelling the state’s uninsured rate, a new report shows. An estimated 7 million children in America were uninsured on any given day in …
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September 3rd, 2010
Utah women, teens help strapped families By dawn house The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 3, 2010 09:44PM MDT It’s a jungle out there, gals. Particularly if you’re a working woman in Utah. More Utah women are in the work force than their female counterparts nationwide, yet as Labor Day once again approaches, they still substantially lag behind men here in education and earnings. The gap in …
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September 3rd, 2010
Utah’s gender degree gap is widest in U.S. By dawn house The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 4, 2010 08:04PM MDT It’s a jungle out there, gals. Particularly if you’re a working woman in Utah. More women in Utah are in the work force than females nationwide per capita, yet as Labor Day approaches, they still substantially lag behind men here in education and earnings. The gap in earnings — women in …
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September 3rd, 2010
Timpanogos Storytelling Festival: Utah’s big tale-all By Ben Fulton The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 3, 2010 07:30PM MDT Orem • Ed Stivender believes that when it comes to telling stories on the spot there are no mistakes, only a multitude of plot lines to choose from. A good harmonica and a peacock feather won’t hurt your effort, however. “The trick of the harmonica is to use it as a chance to …
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September 3rd, 2010
Utah lawmakers, educators: Keep the 14th By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 3, 2010 07:15PM MDT Opponents urged state leaders Friday to resist calls to amend the U.S. Constitution to deny citizenship for so-called birthright babies, labeling the growing movement anti-Latino and a hurtful attack on infants. University of Utah law professor Emily Chiang said the Constitution has …
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